Cecilia Levine

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Paterson, NJ

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Wayne Paris Inn Will Be Mexican Restaurant The Wayne Paris Inn will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant that could open before Spring 2019, NorthJersey.com reports. Casa Don Manuel, as it will be called, is owned by the Sanchez family of Mahwah, who bought the property for $990,000 at an April auction. The popular 17,000-square-foot banquet hall, a longtime landmark in Wayne and surrounding areas, closed in April 2017. The Sanchez family also owns a Mexican restaurant in Suffern, N.Y., La Hacienda De Don Manuel. Updates to the structure, floors, lights and paint will cost approximately $100,000, and investing in a liquor license w…

by Cecilia Levine

10/12/2018

Rutherford, NJ

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Vesta Pizza 'Too Greasy' For Barstool CEO Portnoy Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy is back to Bergen County for another local round of the "One Bite" pizza review. This time, he's at Vesta Wood Fired Pizza in East Rutherford. "It's good, a little too greasy for my liking," said Portnoy before heading to the Giants-Eagles game. "Good, solid pizza." The rating? A 7.2. So far, New Park Tavern earned the highest review in Bergen County (7.8) with Kinchley's Tavern -- "not crispy enough to say it's elite -- trailing behind at a 7.5.

by Cecilia Levine

10/12/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Hackensack Man Has Eaten Pizza Every Day For 40 Years Pizza is all Mike Roman of Hackensack has eaten for dinner for nearly 40 years. And he doesn't see things changing any time soon. Roman went on Tom La Vecchia's "New Theory" podcast to discuss his lifelong habit. The 41-year-old teacher doesn't remember the first slice he ever had or how the ritual began. He just won't eat anything else at dinner, and hasn't since he was a toddler, he said. On his wedding night last year, Romano had pizza. On his honeymoon to Aruba, he had pizza (which he looked up before the trip). Oh, and no toppings. To Roman, it's not weird. It's life. &q…

by Cecilia Levine

10/11/2018

Paterson, NJ

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Food Network Show Contestant Caters Wayne Pet Rescue's Event Former Food Network's cooking show contestant Ariane Duarte will be catering a fundraiser for a Wayne animal rescue. The event will aid homeless pets and pet victims of domestic violence and is Only Kindness Rescue's second annual event. Duarte was featured on Season 5 of "Top Chef" and also beat Bobby Flay on "Beat Bobby Flay." The fundraiser will include music, a live auction and more. In 2016, there were 63,420 domestic violence offenses reported in New Jersey, according to the most recent NJ State Police Annual domestic violence report (2016). The goal is to raise…

by Cecilia Levine

10/11/2018

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ

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Music Teacher Opening North Jersey Studio Has To Pry Kids Away From Piano The desire to come to a music lesson has rarely been the issue for Erin Calev's students. It's having to leave, the Dumont mom says, that poses a problem. Calev, who is recently opened her first studio on Park Avenue, chalks it up to her teaching philosophy. "I realized very early on in life and early on in motherhood that a child can learn anything if you make it fun," said Calev, who has more than two decades of experience teaching music. "I really enjoy working with young kids and I actually sometimes have trouble with them not wanting to leave. Their parents have to pr…

by Cecilia Levine

10/11/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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25 Best Grocery Stores In North Jersey, According To Yelp Whether it's the freshest, most convenient or cheapest, your grocery store is No. 1 in your heart for a reason. But according to Yelp, there are dozens in North Jersey that you might be missing out on. The user-based site uses an algorithm to rank each marketplace, factoring in ratings and number of reviews. Here are the top 25 highest-rated grocery stores in (or very close to) North Jersey. 25. Gourmanoff, Paramus 24. Annapurna Indian Grocery, Teaneck 23. Corrado’s Family Affair, Clifton 22. ShopRite Wallington 21. Whole Foods, Closter 20. 99 Ranch Market, Hackensack 19. Giant Gourmet Fa…

by Cecilia Levine

10/11/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Rochelle Park Rehires Suspended Teacher Who Alleged Retaliation Against Sup't, BOE The Rochelle Park Board of Education rehired a middle school teacher who filed a lawsuit against the district's superintendent and its board after he was suspended last year, NorthJersey.com reports. Thomas Hornes was approved for rehiring as per the order of a state arbitrator, after alleging a pattern of retaliation by Rochelle Park Schools Superintendent Geoffrey Zoeller and the BOE over the course of two years in a suit, the article says. A board member and school principal stepped down since Hornes filed the lawsuit last year. Zoeller is expected to step down at the end of the school y…

by Cecilia Levine

10/11/2018

Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ

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Rachel Calabrese Of Wyckoff Dies, 34 Wyckoff native Rachel Corinne Calabrese died Tuesday, Oct. 2. She was 34 years old. Rachel graduated from Suffolk University in Boston, where she moved to in 2009, her obituary says. She had been working as a regional account manager for Comcast. Surviving Rachel are her parents, Frank and Linda Calabrese; brother Mike Calabrese and his wife Erin; along with her niece Madelyn and nephew Max. Donations in Rachel's memory may be made to the American Heart Association.

by Cecilia Levine

10/10/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Deported! Joe Guidice Ordered Back To Italy After Prison Sentence Real Housewives of New Jersey husband Joe Guidice will be going back to his native Italy once his prison sentence is up, according to multiple reports. The ruling was made by a judge in immigration court Wednesday, giving him 30 days to appeal, PageSix reports. Guidice -- whose release date is scheduled for March 14, 2019 -- starred in the Bravo show alongside Teresa Guidice. The couple, both formerly of Paterson, in 2014 plead guilty to 41 counts of fraud. Teresa served 11 months at FCI Danbury in 2015 while Joe is serving a 41-month sentence at FCI Allenwood in Pennsylvania.

by Cecilia Levine

10/10/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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North Jersey Smoke Shop Sells Winning Lottery Ticket; Mega Millions Third Highest On Record A Jersey Cash 5 ticket matching all five numbers from the Oct. 9 was sold at a tobacco shop in North Jersey. The ticket wining the $359,163 jackpot was sold at Tobacco Road in Garfield. The winning numbers were: 01, 03, 07, 15 and 35 and the XTRA number was: 02. Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached the third-highest on record at $548 million. The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is up to $282 million.

by Cecilia Levine

10/10/2018

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